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Saturday, February 9, 2013

Mt. Hope Academy Curricula ~ Literature: Part 1

“The other subject areas of the curriculum are linked to history studies. The student who is working on ancient history will read Greek and Roman mythology, the tales of the Iliad and Odyssey, early medieval writings, Chinese and Japanese fairy tales, and (for the older student) the classical texts of Plato, Herodutus, Virgil, Aristotle. She’ll read Beowulf, Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare the following year, when she’s studying medieval and early Renaissance history. When the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are studied, she starts with Swift (Gulliver’s Travels) and ends with Dickens; finally, she reads modern literature as she is studying modern history.”

The boys are reading many excellent historical fiction selections this year.

While the stories were not told or written during ancient times, they still contain a great amount of historical context and help the boys imagine what it might have been like to live during those times. They are also excellent stories in their own right.

5 comments:

I have a question - when during your day do you do all of this reading? I would love to incorporate more into our day, but I'm struggling to find a good time to do it. My oldest (8) can read a lot on her own, but the rest (6,3,1) need me to read aloud. Do you sit and do it all at once or sprinkle throughout the day when the mood strikes.

Wow! Thanks for posting about all the books! My first grader and high schooler are both studying ancient history right now so finding more books that we might be able to read together would be great! We're reading Tales from Ancient Egypt right now as a read aloud. I also have the same Aesop's Fables book and I've already read a number of those to my first grader. My high schooler is just starting The Iliad this week. Thanks again for sharing about all the books! :)

I got to this post from your history books for your second round through history. I'm so excited! My little man is 4, and we are devouring books at an unbelievable rate. I want to start, maybe this fall, a work through books in a sort of chronological order. Maybe even listen to some of Story of the World, not sure. I'm not sure he's ready to really be able to put that much together, but at least, I'm thinking, to create a time line (around the dining room?) where we can put little pictures or marks of where certain stories take place. He loves Magic Tree House so much (which I despise, really), but I don't think he has a good feel for the time travel aspect (he is only 4 :P )

Mostly just thinking through things. And thanks for the book list! (I love lists!)

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